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Videos: Page 41
Bridge replacement time-lapse covers demolition, gives great view of deck placement
The video below shows time-lapse footage of the demolition and reconstruction of the 140-year-old Station Road Bridge in Hucknall, Nottingham, England, which passes over a railway. The project was done as part of Network Rail’s Railway Upgrade Plan. The especially interesting thing about this video is the view from the piece of equipment used to move the […]
December 23, 2016
Custom-built snowplows save Caltrans 33% in equipment costs
The California Department of Transportation’s (Caltrans) Division of Equipment has designed and custom built 14 snowplows, which it says has saved them 33 percent compared to purchasing commercial versions. To these trucks, the division added infrared pavement thermometers, backup cameras, high-speed attenuators, high-visibility striping and larger plows. Division employees also did all wiring and welding […]
December 20, 2016
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Repairing an earthmover tire is an intricate art form
Recently, we saw the explosive results of over-inflating an earthmover tire. But what happens when the damage to one of these giant tires is a bit less devastating? That’s where German company Rema Tip Top comes in. According to the YouTube description for the video below, put together by Extreme Machines Magazine, Rema Tip Top was […]
December 15, 2016
Roadbuilding
Time-lapse captures construction of towers at on-schedule Tappan Zee Bridge
Construction of the new $3.9 billion Tappan Zee Bridge is entering its fourth year. “There’s a lot of good progress,’’ Jamey Barbas, the New York State Thruway Authority’s project director, told the board during an update report on Dec. 5, the recordonline.com reports. According to the news agency, Barbas told the board that the eight, 419-foot signature towers of the superstructure […]
December 9, 2016
Vocational
Crew builds log ramp to rescue half-buried excavator with ’62 Scania 970 6×6
Though we’ll ask that you excuse the language in the title of the below video, we also admit that the sentiment it articulates is hard to argue with. According to the video’s description on YouTube, this very stuck excavator has overturned in a pit of muck in Håkanbo North Lingbo in Sweden. The machine is just […]
December 8, 2016
Pickups
Self-driving Ford F-150 in testing at Texas A&M
Texas A&M University has been testing a Ford F-150 that can run autonomously or by remote control. The 2005 truck, upfit by the university’s Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, has been driven several miles in controlled settings. Like its larger Class 8 autonomous counterparts, the pickup undergoes testing while someone sits in the […]
November 25, 2016
Equipment Experts
Cat intros Grade Control 3D for its small dozer lineup
Cat’s Grade Control 3D has now migrated to the smaller dozers in its lineup, the D3K2, D4K2 and D5K2. “This system is now the same from the D3 to the D8 size,” says Joel Fritts, market professional, small track type tractors, Caterpillar. The system automates machine functions during both production dozing and fine grading applications, […]
November 21, 2016
Construction Equipment
Cat intros Grade Control 3D for its small dozer lineup
Cat’s Grade Control 3D has now migrated to the smaller dozers in its lineup, the D3K2, D4K2 and D5K2. “This system is now the same from the D3 to the D8 size,” says Joel Fritts, market professional, small track type tractors, Caterpillar. The system automates machine functions during both production dozing and fine grading applications, […]
November 21, 2016
Technology
With Trimble’s HoloLens SketchUp Viewer, you can walk through a building as you design it
Alongside the numerous improvements announced at the annual Dimensions conference for the company’s field survey solutions and SketchUp design software aimed at compact equipment, Trimble also announced that it’s working to bring SketchUp to Microsoft’s HoloLens virtual reality goggles. Trimble is working in tandem with Microsoft to enable teams to collaborate on drawings with the ability to view the […]
November 21, 2016
Roadbuilding
San Francisco’s Bay Bridge celebrates 80th birthday
The Bay Bridge celebrated its 80th birthday on Saturday, Nov. 12. According to a report from SF Gate, construction of the $77 million project began July 9, 1933 and was completed in 1936. Prior to its completion, ferries carried Bay Area residents between Oakland and San Francisco, with an estimated 46 million passengers in 1928 alone. More recently, the eastern span […]
November 16, 2016
Technology
Walk right through a D6 with the VR tech Cat uses for machine design
During a recent press event, Caterpillar showed off a virtual realty (VR) demonstrator that allowed editors to walk straight through a current production D6, viewing internal components along the way. (See video below.) If Cat offers this same experience at ConExpo, it will have a line of attendees snaking through the aisles waiting to get […]
November 11, 2016
Trucks
Toyota unveils 2,000-hp Land Speed Cruiser in pursuit of world’s fastest SUV title
At the SEMA show last week in Las Vegas, Toyota’s booth was by far the easiest way to kill 30 minutes or so. The automaker had a theme of “Past, Present and Extreme” and for nearly each of its vehicle categories, Toyota brought the models that pioneered each respective category, the current model and an extreme modification […]
November 7, 2016
Roadbuilding
Drone footage chronicles Sewalls Falls Bridge demolition, site prep in New Hampshire
The video footage below, which was taken by Matt Woodfin with a drone, shows construction of the new Sewalls Falls Bridge in Concord, New Hampshire. The 22-year-old Woodfin contracted with the city of Concord to take images and videos of the year-long construction project at least once a month, or more often, the Concord Monitor reports. […]
November 2, 2016
Construction Equipment
Excavator operator carves a pumpkin in JCB’s spooky Steelwrist demo
Hoping to give its Facebook followers a treat for Halloween, JCB recently shared a video of an excavator operator performing quite the trick using the company’s Steelwrist tiltrotator and a very sharp knife. And while operator Shaun Gratton doesn’t carve the prettiest smile on this pumpkin’s face, the feat is impressive nonetheless. Check it out below. […]
October 31, 2016
Roadbuilding
Crews demo and replace Penn. bridge in just 57 hours (Time-lapse)
The video below shows time-lapse footage of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT) project to replace the Route 30 bridge over Bessemer Ave. PennDOT let the job in November 2015. HNTB was the designer, and Brayman Construction was the contractor, winning the bid at $2.3 million. According to a report by the Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation […]
October 31, 2016
Construction Equipment
Metrodome falls, crews construct new Minnesota Vikings stadium in awesome time-lapse
With an undefeated 5-0 record and a strong claim to the best team in the NFC, the way the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings are playing football right now is making a few more headlines than the team’s new stadium has. That being said, Vikings fans are enjoying winning football inside a home stadium that is a huge […]
October 21, 2016
Business
Massive earthmover tire explosion shows why you should cage ’em before you inflate ’em
While being within 10 feet of this explosion means you’re going to have a bad time regardless, this incredible video from the folks at Ken-Tool shows how having a tire inflation cage can save your life or livelihood. In the video below, Ken-Tool’s 10-bar EarthMover tire inflation cage is put through OSHA certification explosion testing. […]
October 19, 2016
Roadbuilding
Crews demo century-old Virginia St. Bridge, construct and move new one into place (Time-lapse)
The time lapse video below shows the entire construction project of the Virginia Street Bridge in Reno, Nevada. The 110-year-old original earth-filled, concrete-arch bridge was showing signs of extreme wear, so the City of Reno, in partnership with the Truckee River Flood Management Authority, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Federal Highway Administration, […]
October 19, 2016
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